Monday, March 24, 2008
Gun go bang - in plane, on approach to land
You know that program that allows some airlines crew members to carry firearms, after training that includes semi annual re-certification? Well just the other day, a pilot, who was so qualified, had his weapon discharge in the cockpit as the plane was in a landing approach. He was in the left seat which means he should have been landing the plane at the time. There was no threat and, thankfully, he only shot a hole in the side of the plane with no major damage done, except to his future with the airlines.
Pistols are fairly simple devices compared to your average Airbus. It does not take a lot of training to know what a pistol will do when you handle it in a certain manner. The fact that this putz had training in flying an Airbus AND handling firearms in a flight situation and the pistol still discharged should make his discharge immediate and complete. But it does make you wonder how many more like him are out there.
Pistols are fairly simple devices compared to your average Airbus. It does not take a lot of training to know what a pistol will do when you handle it in a certain manner. The fact that this putz had training in flying an Airbus AND handling firearms in a flight situation and the pistol still discharged should make his discharge immediate and complete. But it does make you wonder how many more like him are out there.
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